About the day » Saturday September 5, 1931Calender converter

• Geert Hartsuiker, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2006)
• doodgeboren kind Soppe, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna, Maria, Augusta Voncken, Heerlerheide († 2007)
• Barbara Elizabeth Ann King, Cambridgeshire, England († 1969)
• Geertruida Cornelia Tulp, Aruba, Nederlandse Antillen († 1932)
• Femia Helena Sijbom, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 2025)
• Elaine Ann Gaetke, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co., WI († 1976)
• Edna Violet Elliott - Deans, Bullsavannah, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica († 2019)
• Catharina Gruiters († 2020)
• David Olin Hall, Georgia († 2010)

• Dirven, Ginneken en Bavel
• Antonius Cornelis van Loon (10), Woensdrecht
• Catharina Groot (37), Heerhugowaard
• Anna Catharina Vermeulen (68), Alkmaar
• Anna Katharina Elisabeth Völker (82), 48612, Horstmar-Leer, NRW, Deutschland
• Alida Maria Senne- (77), Warmond, Nederland
• Albert Berents (82), Staphorst
• "René" Marie Louis de Pontual (77)
• Arie Hoogendoorn (51), Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anthonie Wassenaar (0), Katwijk

• 1928 » Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator († 2005)
• 1928 » Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator († 2006)
• 1929 » Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut († 2004)
• 1929 » Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor
• 1932 » Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
• 1932 » Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor
• 1933 » Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
• 1934 » Dennis Letts, American actor and educator († 2008)
• 1934 » Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1934 » Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal

• 1920 » Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)
• 1922 » Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1930 » Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1931 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)
• 1932 » Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1932 » Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1934 » Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (b. 1878)
• 1936 » Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (b. 1859)
• 1942 » François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (b. 1917)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.

The temperature on September 5, 1931 was between 10.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.